Kirk is a surname of Scottish and Northern English origin.
As a surname, Kirk is the 279th most common surname in Great Britain, with 31,170 bearers. It is most common in North Yorkshire, where it is the 191st most common surname, with 1,780 bearers. Other concentrations include Ceredigion, (22nd,1,680), Falkirk, (43rd,1,724), Stockton-on-Tees, (55th,1,680), City of Edinburgh, (95th,1,680), Aberdeenshire, (111th,1,668), Northumberland, (124th,1,658), Glasgow City, (274th,1,650), Lincolnshire, (285th, 1,768), Nottinghamshire, (321st, 1,694), South Yorkshire, (341st,1,674), West Yorkshire, (394th,1,696), Hampshire, (480th,1,756), and Greater London, (894th,1,778).
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presumably in the belief it is a Welsh patronymic in origin, for which there is no evidence, was that it is a corruption of "Ap Lake", meaning "Son of Lake".
James King, Jim King or Jimmy King may refer to:
Woods is a common surname of English, Scottish and Irish origin.
Brady is a surname derived from the Irish surname Ó Brádaigh or Mac Brádaigh, meaning "spirited; broad".
John Henderson may refer to:
Cooper is a surname.
Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English Atkin. The personal name Atkin is one of many pet forms of the name Adam.
The surname Foster is a variation of the name Forster, meaning one who 'works in the forest'. It may also derive from the French forcetier, meaning 'maker of scissors'.
Tate is an English surname.
Brooks is thought to have been derived from both the Swedish surname Bäckland, and lund ("grove"); and in English, Gaelic and Scottish from "of the brook". The word brook derives from the Old English broc and appears in the Medieval predecessors of Brooks. The surname arrived in North America from England in the mid-seventeenth century.
Carter is a family name, and also may be a given name. Carter is of Irish, Scottish and English origin and is an occupational name given to one who transports goods by cart or wagon ultimately of Celtic derivation. It may also appear as an English reduced form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic derived McCarter or the Scottish-Gaelic Mac Artair with Mc meaning "son of." Its appearance and pronunciation as Carter may also be the Anglicized form of the Irish Mac Artúir, Cuirtéir, or Ó Cuirtéir. The name is related to the Gaelic word cairt meaning cart, and ultimately from the Latin carettarius. Additionally, in Gaelic, the word "cairtear", which means tourist or sojourner, is also related. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 1100s Roman Catholic English derived Carter's also arrived in Ireland and settled into walled towns established by the Normans. These Anglo-Normans assimilated into Irish culture, adopting Irish Gaelic customs, language, and religion unlike later English and Scottish Protestant planter settlers in Ireland who arrived between the 1550s and 1700 and mainly settled in Ulster during the plantation of Ulster, establishing the Ulster Protestant community.
Riley is a surname of English origin, as well as an Anglicized version of an Irish surname.
McFarlane is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Grant is an English, Scottish, and French surname derived from the French graund meaning 'tall' or 'large'. It was originally a nickname given to those with remarkable size.
Pollard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fletcher is a surname of French, English, Scottish and Irish origin. The name is a regional and an occupational name for an arrowsmith, derived from the Old French flecher. The English word was borrowed into the Goidelic languages, leading to the development of the Scottish name "Mac an Fhleisteir", "the arrowsmith's son."
Sutherland is a Scottish surname which may refer to:
Potts is a surname of English origin. The word potts refers to circular hollows in the ground.
The surname Barton has multiple possible origins. It may denote origin from one of the many places called Barton in England; however, another proposal would derive the name from Dunbarton in Scotland. The counties of Cheshire and Lancashire have the highest number of Barton families in the United Kingdom.
Logan is a surname.